Re: Orca orca fc6 startup

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Hi, Terry:

Terry Klarich writes:
> I am just wondering how people out ther start orca at system boot and at login.  My system, at present, is 
> configured to come up to

Unlike you, I run in runlevel 5I log into the desktop without speech by
switching there with Ctrl-AltFX where X is the console that has my gui.
It would be console 7 by default. I have an aplay command in my
.bash_profile so that I can know that I typed my login and password
correctly. I then wait a few moments for the desktop to load and do an
AltF2 to bring up the run dialog. At that point I type orca and press
enter.

It should be possible to hold in Ctrl-S for five seconds and get a
talking login. However, when I attempted to set this up, admittedly now
some six months ago, Fedora's desktop crashed. I don't know if things
are now fixed.

I do map my own choice of a sound to play, however. You can do that in
/etc/gdm/custom.conf

Janina

> run level3.  This is a strictly text based system.  I then log in uas normal.  I am using speakup for my 
> screen reader and have
> been for years.  I then set the DISPLAY variable to :0 and do an init 5.  I know when the gdm login is 
> ready because there is a
> short quiet beep.  I then login, switch over to my text login and start orca.  This seems to work unless is 
> mess up the graphic
> login.  
>
> Can orca come up automatically when gdm starts?  What methods are others using to get orca running?  Can I 
> configure orca to come
> while in my text console  (config file)?
>
> Thanks for any help.  And, thanks for the help so far.
>
> Terry
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